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1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
Performer |
Letizia Battaglia |
Event |
Originally produced by Cohen Film Collection in 2019. |
Summary |
Sicilian photographer Letizia Battaglia began a lifelong battle with the Mafia when she first dared to point her camera at a brutally slain victim. A woman whose passions led her to abandon traditional family life and become a photojournalist in the 1970s-the first female photographer to be employed by an Italian daily newspaper-Battaglia found herself on the front lines during one of the bloodiest chapters in Italy's recent history. She fearlessly and artfully captured everyday Sicilian life-from weddings and funerals to the grisly murders of ordinary citizens-to tell the narrative of how the community she loved in her native Palermo was forced into silence by the Cosa Nostra. Weaving together Battaglia's striking black-and-white photographs, rare archival footage, classic Italian films, and the now 84-year-old's own memories, SHOOTING THE MAFIA paints a portrait of a remarkable woman whose bravery and defiance helped expose the Mafia's brutal crimes. Official Selection at the **Sundance Film Festival**, **BFI London Film Festival**, and **Berlin International Film Festival**. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Subject |
Balts (Indo-European people).
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History.
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Documentary films.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Added Author |
Longinotto, Kim, film director.
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Battaglia, Letizia, actor.
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Cohen Film Collection (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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Music No. |
7282307 Kanopy |
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